Cape & Islands News

Naughty selectmen; Wellfleet structure furor; P'town's first housing specialist

News from the Outer Cape, February 28, 2008

Headlines from the Cape Codder:
Provincetown selectmen accused of violation
- One selectwoman accuses three fellow selectmen of violating the open meeting law, in a move she calls "improper and illegal"
Proud to be from Provincetown
- Selectwoman returns from trip to Seattle where P'town poet, Mary Oliver gave a two-day sold out reading
New housing staffer on the job
- Amy Lawson is P'town's new (and) first housing specialist
Wellfleet selectmen rescind vote to refer big house to Cape Cod Commission
- Nothing stands in the way of the demolition of the "Billboard" house at the end of Chequessett Neck Road, to make room for a home twice its size

Read these and other stories in the Cape Codder here and here. 

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Headlines from the Provincetown Banner:
Scholarship limited to PHS students
- Selectmen reject plan to include students that attend out-of-town high schools
Selectman files complaint alleging open meeting law violation
- Michele Couture filed complaint with the Cape & Islands DA's office Tuesday
School slides in with "responsive" budget
- School committee approves budget that came in below level-funded
Blasch house is flash point for Seashore
- Furor in Wellfleet swirls around the 5,300 square foot Blasch home in the National Seashore
Lady Fishermen eke out 1st round win
- P'town girls beat Bristol-Plymouth, making this their first tourney win in five years

Read these and other stories in the Provincetown Banner here.